The Ways That Count Part Seven
Mark Sloan sighed, struggling to remember the last he was this nervous to ask a girl out. Even when he was a teenager he did get this nervous. He was Mark Sloan; man-whore extraordinaire. He was not supposed to get nervous.
Yet he could feel his heart nearly beating out of his chest as he walked up to her. He took a deep breath. Just treat her like every other woman you've asked out. He silently told himself. Of course he knew this was impossible, because he knew Lexie Grey was not like every other woman. She was different.
He caught up to her just as she reached the elevators. "Lexie." He stepped onto the elevator and was relieved to see no one else was on.
She smiled at him. "Dr. Sloan."
"What are you doing Friday night?" He asked, silently praying that she couldn't hear his heart beating.
"Um. Nothing probably. Just hanging out with Ava." Lexie answered. "How about you?"
"I'm not sure yet..." He scratched the back of his neck, "I was thinking. I wondering maybe we could…Maybe go out sometime." He sighed, why the hell were his hands so sweaty?
"Are you asking me out?"
"You sound surprised." Mark pointed out, leaning against the back wall of the elevator.
"I am. Kind of. I'm not sure why someone like you would be interested in someone like me."
He frowned, "What do you mean by that?"
Lexie shrugged. "You are Mark Sloan. You are one of the best plastic surgeons in the country…And I'm just an intern."
"You're not just an intern…" He paused, "You're Lexie. And I would really like to go on a date with you."
She could feel her heart beat against her chest. She swallowed nervously, "What did you have in mind?"
"I'm not sure…" He cleared his throat. "I know since you are busy being an intern you don't get to spend as much time with Ava as you would like…So I was thinking we could stay in at your place, watch a movie with Ava, then after she goes to bed we can talk…And if we decide we want to do something again, maybe I can take you out to eat, just the two of us."
Lexie raised an eyebrow, "Talk?"
He smirked, "Yes. Talk."
"We will call it date." She smiled, "But I should probably tell you…I don't have sex on the first date."
"So on second date then?" He was obviously joking.
She laughed. The elevator stopped. The doors opened. They stepped off together. "So what time Friday?"
"Six?"
"Okay. Sounds good. Do you want me to make something for supper?"
"Don't worry about supper. I'll take care of everything."
"Hey Lex." Renee Richards greeted her friend with a warm smile. "Come on in."
"Was Ava good today?" Lexie asked as she walked in to entry way of Renee and Mike's side of the duplex. Her hands fidgeted together nervously.
"Ava is always good." Renee told her, "Why are you so fidgety?" She raised an eyebrow. "You look really nervous…What is going on?"
"Mark asked me out." Lexie broke out into a small grin.
"Mark?" Renee's eyes widened with realization "Wait! You mean the hot plastic surgeon?"
She nodded, "Yeah. He is going to come over on Friday and he, Ava and I are going to watch a movie together." She her smile got bigger as she reached the end of the explanation.
"Wait. He is coming over to watch a movie with you and Ava?" Renee frowned. "Are you sure that is a date?"
"Yes. He called it a date. And yeah we are staying in…But he understands that I need to spend most of my down time out the hospital with Ava. And after Ava goes to bed we are going to talk, you know get to know each other a little bit better. And if that works out we will go out on another date, with just the two of us." Lexie pushed stray strands of her hair behind her ear, "I'm really excited for this."
"I am excited for you." Renee grinned at her friend, her grin turned into a frown, "But why do you look so nervous?"
Lexie shrugged, "It's just that has been a while since I've been a on a date. Not to mention been on a date with someone I really think I could really like."
"You'll be fine." Renee reassured Lexie, "And once you two get to that certain you point we will go shopping and find you some hot lingerie."
"I cannot even think about having sex with him right now." Lexie told her, "I need to get through our first date first."
"If you ever, ever need a babysitter just let me know. " Renee smiled, "Hey, supper is almost ready. You and Ava want to stay?"
Lexie nodded, "That would be great."
Mark sat down on the barstool next to Callie Torres. "I asked her out."
"Asked who out?" Callie asked.
"Lexie." Mark clarified, "I asked Lexie out."
"Really? Wow. That's great." Callie could not hide her surprise. "What are you guys gonna do?"
Mark shrugged. "We are going to stay in. I'm going to bring over a movie and pizza to her place."
"That sound fun. What movie?"
"I was thinking Finding Nemo or maybe WALL-E…"
Callie raised an eyebrow, "Finding Nemo or WALL-E? You never struck me as a Disney movie kind of guy."
"Lexie's daughter Ava will be there. I need to bring age appropriate movies for Ava."
"I forgot that Lexie had a child…" Callie paused. "You really like her, don't you?"
He nodded, "I do." Mark admitted, "She is different from other women…"
"So when is the big date?"
"Friday."
"Do you think you guys are going to have sex?"
"No." Mark quickly told her. "She does not have sex on the first date. And we are probably going to take things slow, you know because of Ava. I do not think she wants to jump anything too fast."
"Well congratulations." Callie smiled, "Let me buy you a drink."
"Why are you congratulating me?"
Callie shrugged, "For finally starting to grow up."
Sorry this was a little short, and probably a little boring. Next chapter will be better I promise. It will include Lexie and Mark's first date, and just maybe their first kiss.